This is the story of a family feud in Edgefield Co., SC in the early 40s. Dorn does an outstanding job recreating a time and place where roads were unpaved, electrification just arrived, and acts of vengeance still expected . You can almost see the country store and feel the heat and the dust. There are a series of shootings and a shoot-out with the sheriff. The only weak part is the section in which Dorn substitutes abridged trial transcripts for his own telling of the tale.This book merits attention and readers.

This book provides much information on the cemeteries of Saluda County. Other reference volumes are available from the Saluda County Historical Society in Saluda, SC. or e-mail me at shuler_b@yahoo.com

The Volume has much information on easy to find and not-so easy to find cemeteries, and is very helpful to look for a relative, landownwer, friend of a relative... If you can find the tome please get it as it will provide information that can not be found except at these cemeteries, and even those are dissapearing.